New Photo and Cine Lenses from Rokinon

As the title suggests, they have released new lens, some of which could be good for astro work. See HERE, link is to B & H Photo

I just got the Rokinon 8mm fisheye HD with removable hood yesterday. I'm looking forward to trying it on the first clear evening.

Yes, the 10mm f2.8 is looking good.

Hot damn this is looking pretty sweet. Perhaps I will have to wait to get an astro lens until this one gets released. I could not find release info about it though. I would also like to see some images of the fisheye too. Still on the fence about what to get.

It would have to be pretty good to make it $100 better than the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 when you factor in the added versatility of the zoom, autofocus and aperture control.

At $399 it isn't anywhere near the Tokina lens pricewise. I think the Tokina lens goes for almost $600, no?

I just followed Frank's link to B&H which had it at $529 and the same site has the Tokina at $449. Since I already have the Tokina, I didn't dig any further than that.

For the canon mount it is being sold for $399 but the Sony mount is $549. However it is really a moot point because this lens will only work on a mirrorless camera and will not work on EOS bodies. Apparently you can use EF-S lenses on mirrorless camera with adaptor but not the other way around. Bummer. Guess it's back to plan A which is Rokinon 14mm 2.8.

mr2step wrote in post #16859989
this lens will only work on a mirrorless camera and will not work on EOS bodies.

Hmmm, the B&H site that I liked to above includes this text -

the review I saw for the 10mm rokinon said the corners were really soft at 2.8, much worse than the rokinon 14mm and the tokina 11-16.

It appears that the mirrorless cameras are also APS sized sensors. This is from Wiki.

"The Canon EF-M lens mount, introduced in 2012, is a derivative of the Canon EF lens mount designed for use with the Canon EOS M mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. It has a 18mm flange focal distance (compared to 44mm for EF and EF-S lenses), though as it is designed for use with an APS-C-sized image sensor, it features the same crop factor (of roughly 1.6) as the existing EF-S lens mount. It allows the use of Canon EF and EF-S lenses with a Canon-made adapter, but it is not backwards-compatible with Canon's existing DSLR cameras.[1]"